Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for April 19
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| April 19, 1775 |
Start of the American Revolution
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Georgia and the American Revolution
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| April 19, 1778 |
Georgia ship capture three British vessels off the coast of St. Simons Island |
| April 19, 1796 |
Nathaniel Twining announces stagecoach service between Savannah and Augusta. It becomes the first successful service between the cities. An earlier attempt, in 1786 failed in less than a year. |
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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| April 19, 1865 |
Skirmish at Barnesville
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Civil War - 1865 |
| April 19, 1887 |
Gentleman's Driving Club agrees to purchase the 189-acre tract of Doc Walker. |
| April 19, 1936 |
Atlanta holds its first Dogwood Festival |
| April 19, 1966 |
Donald Hollowell, appointed as Regional Director of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by President Lyndon B. Johnson, opens the Atlanta office of the EEOC. |
| April 19, 1978 |
Janet Cofer, 61, is murdered, final victim of the Wynnton Stocking Strangler, although this would not be known for a number of months
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Wynnton Stocking Strangler |
| April 19, 1984 |
The Home Depot moves from the NASDAQ to the New York Stock Exchange |
| April 19, 2002 |
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Police arrest trucker in Dublin |
| April 19, 2003 |
Ron Young is reunited with his family at Fort Bliss, Texas
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Ronald D. Young, Jr. |
| April 19, 2005 |
Tom Danielson wins the Dodge Tour de Georgia |
| April 24, 2005 |
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2005 Tour de Georgia |
| April 19, 2005 |
Jennifer Wilbanks purchases a Greyhound bus ticket from Atlanta, Georgia to Austin, Texas. |
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Jennifer Wilbanks, The Runaway Bride |
| April 19, 2010 |
Demario Atwater pleads guilty in federal court to charges of carjacking, kidnapping and firearms charges in the torture/murder of Eve Carson. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole. |
| April 19, 2011 |
Plant Longleaf, Georgia's 11th coal-fired electric plant is required to report on only two additional pollutants to get a license, in spite of pro-environment protests. |
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Early County, Georgia |
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